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Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2014    
Pullmantur | Trademarks and trade names      
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Intangible Assets, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount 4.00%rcl_IntangibleAssetsPercentageofFairValueinExcessofCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= rcl_PullmanturMember
   
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)     $ 17,400,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= rcl_PullmanturMember
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]      
Indefinite-life intangible asset—Pullmantur trademarks and trade names 214,112,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= rcl_PullmanturMember
204,866,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= rcl_PullmanturMember
 
Foreign currency translation adjustment (26,074,000)us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= rcl_PullmanturMember
9,246,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= rcl_PullmanturMember
 
Total $ 188,038,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= rcl_PullmanturMember
$ 214,112,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= rcl_PullmanturMember
$ 204,866,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= rcl_PullmanturMember